Neglect
Seems it’s been a while since I posted much of anything here…
It probably has to do with the fact that I haven’t had much to say lately. Things have been going well, but I haven’t really felt the need to share a whole lot.
That said, in the past month I’ve launched a new client’s website (windygale.com) and have a couple more getting lined up. One should be launched late next week or early the week after and I’m still negotiating a third. So things aren’t looking too bad on the business front. My partner and I are making some pretty good contacts, so things will hopefully remain just busy enough for the next little while.
Church wise, things have been slow. The kids have been sick the last couple weeks with the cold, so we haven’t been out to church lately. The kids are healthy so if Anthony lets us get enough sleep tonight maybe some of us will get out in the morning.
So know that things are good, but the spiritual side is lacking a bit due to lack of worship and connection with a Christian community. But we’re working on that. 🙂
Don’t Download This Song
Weird Al… gotta see it.
Home…
Kind of a follow up to my last post…
The couple of days after taking Anna to the beach, I wondered where home is for me. Now that school is starting that’s the question everyone asks… “Where ya from?”
I never know how to answer that question. Since we left the South Shore 14 years ago, I haven’t lived in one place for more than 2 years. In fact I’ve had about 11 addresses in that time, at least. I don’t think I’ve forgotten any.
So I guess that’s another reason why I have this attachment to that area of the province. I lived 13 years there, and covered a LOT of it on my bicycle, and then when I could drive, even more of it in the car.
My parents now live back near where they grew up, I lived there when I was really young, and have spent a fair bit of time in the area… but it never felt like home. The lack of the ocean maybe? I dunno.
So where is home for you? I still feel that home for me in on the South Shore of NS. At least that’s where I try to go when I need time to think.
There will probably be more on this some other time, but for now… dinner is nearly ready!
A day at the Beach
Literally!
Anna’s been looking to go to the beach all summer long. But we’ve been busy and the time just never seemed right. Well, here it is September already, and we had a nice day yesterday, so we packed up and finally went.
Naturally, I took her to one of my old hangouts, Risser’s Beach. I wasn’t really sure how she was going to react, being her first time and all. But we got there and bought some fish and chips for lunch, then headed for the sand. She got 5 feet from the steps down to the beach and stopped.
“THIS IS FUN!”
And we were off and playing. We built some crude sandcastles that lasted no more than 2 minutes each before they were destroyed. She loved running up and down the beach, digging feet in the sand and drawing in it as well.
After a couple hours we packed up for home. As we were driving back the Lahave Ferry was loading. So she had another first yesterday as well, a ride on a boat. She tells me she had a good day, and I look forward to next summer when maybe we’ll take more than just one trip to the beach!
It’s a strange mix of emotions when I drive around that area. One is the feeling of being home and missing that part of NS very much. The other is “hurt” for lack of a better term. Hurt that I have lost contact with friends who live there, or even those who have moved away since high school. Hurt that attempts to find and contact some of these people have not been fruitful. Hurt by some of the memories that aren’t so pleasant as others.
I have changed a lot since back then, and so has the area. Yet it still remains the same old roads, same sandy beaches, same beautiful land and oceanscapes, and my basketball hoop still stands at the end of the driveway of the house I grew up in. I do want to move back there someday… but it would be a fresh start once again. Something that we should be used to, but still struggle with. But we will have to get used to it as a family in ministry.
In the meantime, I trust that God has plans for me. Plans that will lead me to places I haven’t been before, and possibly places I have. In the meantime, I just enjoy that journey as it unfolds.
It’s time for a rest…
It has been a very busy summer. I’m not complaining at all, but now I need to try to find just a couple days of rest before things get busy again in less than two weeks.
Summer school, traveling around the province, visiting, preaching in three denominations, it’s all added up to some great experiences and a tired family.
The services I’ve done over the last three weeks went really well. I’ve got the sermons recorded, now I just need to be home long enough to tidy up the audio files and get them on here.
Yesterday I preached at Windsor Baptist. It was nice seeing some friends there, and it was also nice to see some old faces I hadn’t seen in a little while. The response at the door was great. Thanks be to God.
As for school this fall. I will be taking 2 courses this fall, and maybe one in the winter term. I’m also looking for student supply. I’ve just finished up my resume and cover letter to send off in hopes of getting some interviews. Whether that means we’ll have to move or not… God only knows.
It’s all in His hands right now…